English English Dictionary

Boyhood.

See under Law.

An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water.

Pertaining to Brabant, an ancient province of the Netherlands.

A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.

To clamor; to contest noisily.

A brabble.

A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler.

Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

of Brachium

To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.

To move around by means of braces; as, to brace the yards.

To place in a position for resisting pressure; to hold firmly; as, he braced himself against the crowd.

A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.

Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

A pair; a couple; as, a brace of ducks; now rarely applied to persons, except familiarly or with some contempt.

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon.

A vertical curved line connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be taken together; thus, boll, bowl; or, in music, used to connect staves.

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.